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This is the staging environment's documentation. It is a draft and may change at any time.

List changes across threads

GET
/changes
curl --request GET \
--url 'https://api-staging.fedwright.com/v1/changes?limit=50&since=2026-04-15T12%3A00%3A00Z&followedBy=019aa3f2-6d10-7b20-9c4f-7e2d3cad5b12' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'

The “changed since” feed, oldest first, so a client can poll with the last occurredAt it saw. followedBy limits the feed to threads an organization follows. It must be the organization the request acts for, and the caller a member of it, otherwise it returns 404; without matches:read it returns 403. Without followedBy, the feed covers every thread.

limit
integer
default: 50 >= 1 <= 200

Maximum number of items to return.

cursor
string
<= 2048 characters

Opaque cursor from a previous response’s nextCursor.

since
required
string format: date-time

Only changes that occurred at or after this time.

significance
Array<string>
Allowed values: high medium low

Significance levels to include. Repeat the parameter for several.

kinds
Array<string>
Allowed values: amended corrected awarded sole_source_justified archived

Change kinds to include. Repeat the parameter for several.

followedBy

A UUIDv7.

string format: uuid

Only threads that this organization, or any of its members, follows.

A page of changes.

Media typeapplication/json
object
nextCursor
required

Cursor for the next page, or null on the last page.

null | string
items
required
Array<object>

A change to a thread: a notice joined it (amended, awarded, sole_source_justified), a notice changed in place (corrected), or its latest notice was archived (archived). significance is the highest of its field changes and its kinds.

object
comparedTo
required
One of:
object
noticeId
required

SAM.gov NoticeId.

string
/^[0-9a-f]{32}$/
version
required

The version of the notice it was compared with.

integer
>= 1
fieldChanges
required

The fields that changed. Empty for a change with no field comparison.

Array<object>

One changed field. rule identifies the rule that set its significance. Long values, such as descriptions and contacts, are left out (valuesOmitted); the notice and its versions hold them.

object
field
required

The normalized field, as a dotted path.

string
new
required

The value after the change. Any JSON value.

old
required

The value before the change. Any JSON value.

rematch
required

The change makes the matcher re-check the thread.

boolean
rule
required

The change rule that set the field’s significance.

string
significance
required

How much a change matters to a responder: high, medium, or low.

string
Allowed values: high medium low
valuesOmitted
required

True when the values are left out because they are long, such as a description or contacts.

boolean
id
required

A UUIDv7.

string format: uuid
kinds
required

What kind of change it was. A change can have more than one kind.

Array<string>
>= 1 items
Allowed values: amended corrected awarded sole_source_justified archived
occurredAt
required

When the extract that showed the change was ingested.

string format: date-time
possibleCancellation
required

The thread was archived before its deadline.

boolean
rematch
required

True when the change causes matches for the thread to be evaluated again.

boolean
significance
required

How much a change matters to a responder: high, medium, or low.

string
Allowed values: high medium low
threadId
required

Opaque thread identifier; use the ID the API returns.

string
/^(N:[0-9a-f]{32}|[A-Z0-9]+:[A-Z0-9]+)$/
triggeringNoticeId
required

SAM.gov NoticeId.

string
/^[0-9a-f]{32}$/
triggeringVersion
required

The version of the triggering notice.

integer
>= 1
whatChanged
required
One of:
object
enrichmentId
required

A UUIDv7.

string format: uuid
summary
required

The summary of the change.

string

Examples

Exampledefault

A page of thread changes

{
"items": [
{
"comparedTo": {
"noticeId": "7299549e5eac4297b46aa747d7b56c64",
"version": 1
},
"fieldChanges": [
{
"field": "type",
"new": "Solicitation",
"old": "Presolicitation",
"rematch": false,
"rule": "type-now-open",
"significance": "high",
"valuesOmitted": false
},
{
"field": "responseDeadline",
"new": "2026-11-02T20:30:00Z",
"old": "2026-11-02T04:00:00Z",
"rematch": false,
"rule": "deadline-other",
"significance": "medium",
"valuesOmitted": false
},
{
"field": "naics.code",
"new": "336413",
"old": null,
"rematch": true,
"rule": "codes",
"significance": "medium",
"valuesOmitted": false
},
{
"field": "description.text",
"new": null,
"old": null,
"rematch": false,
"rule": "text",
"significance": "medium",
"valuesOmitted": true
},
{
"field": "baseType",
"new": "Solicitation",
"old": "Presolicitation",
"rematch": false,
"rule": "other",
"significance": "low",
"valuesOmitted": false
},
{
"field": "contacts",
"new": null,
"old": null,
"rematch": false,
"rule": "contacts-and-office",
"significance": "low",
"valuesOmitted": true
}
],
"id": "019aa3f2-6d10-7b20-9c4f-7e2d3cad5b12",
"kinds": [
"amended"
],
"occurredAt": "2026-10-03T03:41:12Z",
"possibleCancellation": false,
"rematch": true,
"significance": "high",
"threadId": "DEPTOFDEFENSE:N0038326QFC09",
"triggeringNoticeId": "e6a41be9630d4261b6f3131923fdc4ce",
"triggeringVersion": 1,
"whatChanged": null
}
],
"nextCursor": null
}

The request is malformed, or its schema refuses it: an unknown property, a value of the wrong type or outside its bounds, a limit above 200, or a sort outside the operation’s allow-list (Problem type bad-request). errors names each field by its path, such as nested.note, or $ for the body itself. The request is refused before anything is read or written. A cursor that was altered, has expired, or was issued for other filters, another sort, organization, or user returns Problem type invalid-cursor.

Media typeapplication/problem+json

RFC 9457 Problem Details.

object
detail

An explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem. It is absent for server errors.

string
errors

Validation errors, by field path.

object
key
additional properties
Array<string>
instance

A URI reference that identifies this occurrence of the problem, when the API provides one.

string
limit

On rate-limited, the quota that is used up, such as org-day. On premium-quota-exceeded, org-premium-day. A 429 with an empty body does not name it.

string
resetsAt

On rate-limited from the API and on premium-quota-exceeded, when that quota starts again.

string format: date-time
status
required

The HTTP status code of the response, from 400 to 599.

integer
>= 400 <= 599
title
required

A short, human-readable summary of the problem. Use type to identify the kind of problem, not this text.

string
traceId
required

W3C trace ID of the failed request.

string
type
required

https://fedwright.com/problems/{code}, the same in every environment.

string format: uri

Example generated

{
"detail": "example",
"errors": {
"additionalProperty": [
"example"
]
},
"instance": "example",
"limit": "example",
"resetsAt": "2026-04-15T12:00:00Z",
"status": 1,
"title": "example",
"traceId": "example",
"type": "https://example.com"
}

The access token is missing, expired, or invalid.

Media typeapplication/problem+json

RFC 9457 Problem Details.

object
detail

An explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem. It is absent for server errors.

string
errors

Validation errors, by field path.

object
key
additional properties
Array<string>
instance

A URI reference that identifies this occurrence of the problem, when the API provides one.

string
limit

On rate-limited, the quota that is used up, such as org-day. On premium-quota-exceeded, org-premium-day. A 429 with an empty body does not name it.

string
resetsAt

On rate-limited from the API and on premium-quota-exceeded, when that quota starts again.

string format: date-time
status
required

The HTTP status code of the response, from 400 to 599.

integer
>= 400 <= 599
title
required

A short, human-readable summary of the problem. Use type to identify the kind of problem, not this text.

string
traceId
required

W3C trace ID of the failed request.

string
type
required

https://fedwright.com/problems/{code}, the same in every environment.

string format: uri

Example generated

{
"detail": "example",
"errors": {
"additionalProperty": [
"example"
]
},
"instance": "example",
"limit": "example",
"resetsAt": "2026-04-15T12:00:00Z",
"status": 1,
"title": "example",
"traceId": "example",
"type": "https://example.com"
}

The Problem type says which check refused the caller, when that is about the caller’s own token, client, or role: insufficient-scope when the token’s scopes (or an MCP grant’s) lack the operation’s scope, with WWW-Authenticate: Bearer error="insufficient_scope", scope="..." (RFC 6750) naming the missing scopes; client-not-allowed when the operation doesn’t admit the caller’s kind of client, such as a machine client calling a user-only operation; and insufficient-role when a confirmed member’s roles don’t allow the action. Any other refusal is the generic forbidden, which says nothing more. Another organization’s resource is 404 (not-found) instead, so no reason confirms that it exists. An owner or administrator who sent no proof of a second factor gets mfa-required. An operation that needs an active subscription, when the organization has none, returns subscription-inactive, or organization-suspended when Fedwright suspended the organization. A suspended organization also refuses invitations, new joins through an invitation, and role changes with organization-suspended. Creating or joining an organization without a verified email returns email-unverified, and accepting an invitation sent to another address returns invitation-email-mismatch. A request from Fedwright’s web or mobile app whose session acts for no organization yet returns organization-required, except on getMe, createOrganization, and acceptInvitation. Shared data needs the acting organization’s own subscription; another organization’s doesn’t count.

Media typeapplication/problem+json

RFC 9457 Problem Details.

object
detail

An explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem. It is absent for server errors.

string
errors

Validation errors, by field path.

object
key
additional properties
Array<string>
instance

A URI reference that identifies this occurrence of the problem, when the API provides one.

string
limit

On rate-limited, the quota that is used up, such as org-day. On premium-quota-exceeded, org-premium-day. A 429 with an empty body does not name it.

string
resetsAt

On rate-limited from the API and on premium-quota-exceeded, when that quota starts again.

string format: date-time
status
required

The HTTP status code of the response, from 400 to 599.

integer
>= 400 <= 599
title
required

A short, human-readable summary of the problem. Use type to identify the kind of problem, not this text.

string
traceId
required

W3C trace ID of the failed request.

string
type
required

https://fedwright.com/problems/{code}, the same in every environment.

string format: uri

Example generated

{
"detail": "example",
"errors": {
"additionalProperty": [
"example"
]
},
"instance": "example",
"limit": "example",
"resetsAt": "2026-04-15T12:00:00Z",
"status": 1,
"title": "example",
"traceId": "example",
"type": "https://example.com"
}

The resource does not exist, or belongs to another organization.

Media typeapplication/problem+json

RFC 9457 Problem Details.

object
detail

An explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem. It is absent for server errors.

string
errors

Validation errors, by field path.

object
key
additional properties
Array<string>
instance

A URI reference that identifies this occurrence of the problem, when the API provides one.

string
limit

On rate-limited, the quota that is used up, such as org-day. On premium-quota-exceeded, org-premium-day. A 429 with an empty body does not name it.

string
resetsAt

On rate-limited from the API and on premium-quota-exceeded, when that quota starts again.

string format: date-time
status
required

The HTTP status code of the response, from 400 to 599.

integer
>= 400 <= 599
title
required

A short, human-readable summary of the problem. Use type to identify the kind of problem, not this text.

string
traceId
required

W3C trace ID of the failed request.

string
type
required

https://fedwright.com/problems/{code}, the same in every environment.

string format: uri

Example generated

{
"detail": "example",
"errors": {
"additionalProperty": [
"example"
]
},
"instance": "example",
"limit": "example",
"resetsAt": "2026-04-15T12:00:00Z",
"status": 1,
"title": "example",
"traceId": "example",
"type": "https://example.com"
}

A rate limit is used up. Direct API access counts against the organization’s burst, daily, and monthly quotas, which all its machine clients share; there is no client quota. A 429 comes in two shapes with two header families, so read the response by what it carries.

A machine client’s calls can get a 429 with an empty body. It has three headers: X-RateLimit-Limit, the exhausted rule’s limit and window, such as 3000, 3000;w=2592000; X-RateLimit-Remaining, what is left in that window (0 on a 429); and X-RateLimit-Reset, the seconds until that window resets. It has no Retry-After, no RateLimit headers, no Problem, and does not name the quota. Read the quota from the window w:

w (seconds) Quota
60 Burst.
86400 Daily.
2592000 Monthly (the calendar month is reported as 30 days; X-RateLimit-Reset is exact).

Wait X-RateLimit-Reset seconds before you retry. Refused requests still count: a client that keeps calling after a 429 keeps adding to the counter, so it does not regain budget inside the window. A tier change takes effect within 10 minutes (checkout, the billing portal, and grants alike), once the client gets a new access token.

Every other 429 has a Problem and Retry-After. The Problem type is rate-limited for a used-up quota, or, for an ask, ai-budget-exceeded or premium-quota-exceeded (below). On rate-limited, Retry-After is the seconds until the used-up limit’s window resets, the latest if several are. The Problem also carries limit, the quota that is used up (the one that resets last, if several are), resetsAt, when it starts again, and traceId. RateLimit-Policy and RateLimit describe only the caller’s own limits, here and on every other response a limit applies to. A request refused with rate-limited uses no quota. One refused after that check, for its scope, role, subscription, or kind of client, still counts, so once a quota is used up such a request gets 429 instead of its 403. A request that fails authentication is not counted. An ask that the organization’s AI spending budget can’t cover returns ai-budget-exceeded instead, with Retry-After at the end of the budget’s window: that budget counts what asks cost, not how many there are. An ask that the organization’s premium units for the day can’t cover returns premium-quota-exceeded, with limit (org-premium-day), resetsAt (the next midnight UTC), and Retry-After. That is the plan’s allowance: a plan with no premium units never covers an ask, and a higher plan may. A refused ask uses no units.

Media typeapplication/problem+json

RFC 9457 Problem Details.

object
detail

An explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem. It is absent for server errors.

string
errors

Validation errors, by field path.

object
key
additional properties
Array<string>
instance

A URI reference that identifies this occurrence of the problem, when the API provides one.

string
limit

On rate-limited, the quota that is used up, such as org-day. On premium-quota-exceeded, org-premium-day. A 429 with an empty body does not name it.

string
resetsAt

On rate-limited from the API and on premium-quota-exceeded, when that quota starts again.

string format: date-time
status
required

The HTTP status code of the response, from 400 to 599.

integer
>= 400 <= 599
title
required

A short, human-readable summary of the problem. Use type to identify the kind of problem, not this text.

string
traceId
required

W3C trace ID of the failed request.

string
type
required

https://fedwright.com/problems/{code}, the same in every environment.

string format: uri

Examples

An ask the premium units can't cover

{
"limit": "org-premium-day",
"resetsAt": "2026-11-08T00:00:00Z",
"status": 429,
"title": "Too Many Requests",
"traceId": "4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736",
"type": "https://fedwright.com/problems/premium-quota-exceeded"
}
RateLimit
string

For each limit in RateLimit-Policy, the requests r its window still allows and the seconds t until the window resets, such as "org-burst";r=7;t=40, "org-day";r=62;t=41000.

RateLimit-Policy
string

The caller’s rate limits, in the IETF HTTPAPI RateLimit header fields: each limit’s name, its quota q, and its window w in seconds, such as "org-burst";q=20;w=60, "org-day";q=100;w=86400.

Retry-After
integer

Seconds to wait before retrying.

X-RateLimit-Limit
string

On a 429 with an empty body (and on the successful responses that carry these headers), the exhausted rule’s limit and window w in seconds, such as 3000, 3000;w=2592000. The window names the quota: 60 is burst, 86400 is daily, and 2592000 is monthly.

X-RateLimit-Remaining
integer

What is left in that rule’s window (0 on a 429).

X-RateLimit-Reset
integer

Seconds until that rule’s window resets.

Any other error. A request body over 64 KiB returns 413 (payload-too-large), and a request that takes longer than 10 seconds (90 for askOpportunities) returns 503 (request-timeout). An invitation when the API can’t send mail returns 503 (mail-unavailable), and creates nothing. An unexpected failure returns 500 (internal-error) with only type, title, status, and traceId.

Media typeapplication/problem+json

RFC 9457 Problem Details.

object
detail

An explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem. It is absent for server errors.

string
errors

Validation errors, by field path.

object
key
additional properties
Array<string>
instance

A URI reference that identifies this occurrence of the problem, when the API provides one.

string
limit

On rate-limited, the quota that is used up, such as org-day. On premium-quota-exceeded, org-premium-day. A 429 with an empty body does not name it.

string
resetsAt

On rate-limited from the API and on premium-quota-exceeded, when that quota starts again.

string format: date-time
status
required

The HTTP status code of the response, from 400 to 599.

integer
>= 400 <= 599
title
required

A short, human-readable summary of the problem. Use type to identify the kind of problem, not this text.

string
traceId
required

W3C trace ID of the failed request.

string
type
required

https://fedwright.com/problems/{code}, the same in every environment.

string format: uri

Example generated

{
"detail": "example",
"errors": {
"additionalProperty": [
"example"
]
},
"instance": "example",
"limit": "example",
"resetsAt": "2026-04-15T12:00:00Z",
"status": 1,
"title": "example",
"traceId": "example",
"type": "https://example.com"
}